{"podcast":{"title":"Turn on the Lights Podcast","slug":"turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880","podcast_index_feed_id":6307880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSSMO6501171747","website_url":"https://www.ihi.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/03eaaad0-d23e-11ed-9e41-e33b9cfb8f4d/image/73706558b12b7a1c50e00a6d60e66830.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"IHI","episode_count":143,"summary":"Hosted by Dr. Philip McAdoo, Director of Internal Equity and Workplace Well-Being at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Turn on the Lights is a podcast that aims to improve health care worldwide by shedding light on health care issues through thought-provoking, patient-centered conversations. By demystifying health care problems, we hope to activate both the public and health care professionals to help accelerate changes leading to health and health care improvements worldwide. Our discussions cover various topics such as health care delivery, health equity, quality, and social justice. The podcast features solutions from around the world and encourages listeners to take action. Brought to you by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:19:37.731848+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880"},"episode":{"title":"The Power of Everyday Mindfulness: Healing, Community, and Public Health Impact with  Brother Phap Luu","slug":"the-power-of-everyday-mindfulness-healing-community-and-public-health-impact-with-brother-phap-luu","published_at":"2026-01-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880/the-power-of-everyday-mindfulness-healing-community-and-public-health-impact-with-brother-phap-luu","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSSMO7288571271.mp3?updated=1769538895","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSSMO7288571271.mp3?updated=1769538895","summary":"Mindfulness isn’t a “nice-to-have”; it’s a low-cost public health lever that changes how people handle pain, emotions, and community life. In this episode, Brother Phap Luu, a monk in the Plum Village tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, discusses how mindfulness can be practiced as “everyday meditation” through breathing, walking, eating, and even cultivating awareness of dreams. He shares his personal journey from activism and disillusionment to depression, and then to healing through mindful breathing and finding community at Plum Village. Brother Phap Luu explores the roots and global reach of Plum Village, why mindfulness naturally fosters compassion, and how “watering” emotions like anger through rumination can prolong suffering. He also unpacks mindfulness as an “invitation,” the challenge of scaling it, through training, ethics, trauma sensitivity, and limited profit incentives, and its potential integration into schools of public health and policy. Tune in and learn how mindful breathing, community practice, and compassion can become practical tools for healthier lives and societies! Resources: Connect with and follow Brother Phap Luu on LinkedIn. Learn more about Plum Village on their LinkedIn and explore their website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Mindfulness isn’t a “nice-to-have”; it’s a low-cost public health lever that changes how people handle pain, emotions, and community life. In this episode…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2767,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880/episodes/the-power-of-everyday-mindfulness-healing-community-and-public-health-impact-with-brother-phap-luu/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880/the-power-of-everyday-mindfulness-healing-community-and-public-health-impact-with-brother-phap-luu.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}